CVE-2013-5971

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-5971
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-10-21 10:54:30 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionSession fixation vulnerability in the vSphere Web Client Server in VMware vCenter Server 5.0 before Update 3 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions and gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 4.0.0.10021 All All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 4.0.0.12305 All All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 4.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 4.1.0.12319 All All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 4.1.0.14766 All All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 4.1.0.17435 All All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 5.0 update_1 All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server All update_2_rc All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
VMSA-2013-0012.1 | United States af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/98718 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
VMware vSphere Web Client Server Session ID CVE-2013-5971 Handling Session Fixation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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